Tonight, I finally got to use the mp3 player that I got for working on a special project at work. I loaded it up with my entire Blue October collection, since it's rare I can listen to them at home-Hubby gets rather tired of them quickly(No one ever accused him of having good taste in music).

Well Blue October was totally my motor tonight, and I pushed myself for extra time and an extra long lap so that I could listen to all the songs I had been missing.

So what do YOU have on your MP3 player that gets you revved up?

Bif Naked, Kings of Leon, Green Day, Gnarls Barkley, The Killers -- those are some of my current favorites.

Though -- and it is totally embarrassing to admit this -- the best song for running I have found so far is "Girlfriend". Yeah, the Avril Lavigne song. What? It's got a great beat.

Gnarles Barkely (crazy), Seal (crazy), Chaka Kahn (ain't nobody), Golden Earring (Twilight Zone), Fergie (Fergilicious), Tears for Fears (Pale Shelter), Justin Timberlake (SexyBack), Linken Park (Numb), Snap (The Power), Nelly Furtado (Permiscous), etc.....

I listen to a lot of trance/house music while I"m working out. I find that the songs are long enough and that the beat is consistent enough ... plus I don't get distracted by the words to songs I know (or don't find myself singing out loud, to the annoyance of hte people around me).

A friend of mine gave me the whole Seb Fontaine Prototype collection (4 discs) and that's been my standby for the last couple of weeks.

The rest of it is stuff that I might not otherwise admit to listening to!

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Bowie, Run DMC, Blondie, New Order, My Morning Jacket, Against Me!, Outkast, I love to dance to Buena Vista Social Club, Smith. Really, though, when i am walking, I listen to This American Life, Talk of the Nation, or Fresh Air.

Chris brown for sure! like "forever" I like really emotional songs because I feel really motivated, some all american rejects, always fun!

Here's my current playlist (I had typed it up earlier):

Stronger - Kanye West
Remember the Name - Ft. Minor
Cobrastyle - The Teddybears
Cheeky Song - The Cheeky Girls
I don't Wanna Be in Love - Good Charlotte
Crushcrushcrush - Paramore
Doing it Right - the Go Team
Closer - Lacuna Coil
Maniac -Michael Sembello
Shut Up - A Simple Plan
Too Much Booty in the Pants - 2 Live Crew
Deceptacon - Le Tigre
Holding out for a Hero - Bonnie Tyler
Hips Don't Lie - Shakira
Sex Bomb (Peppermint Jam Remix) - Tom Jones
So Many Men, So Little Time - Miquel Brown
Glamorous Life - Sheila E
Move Along - All American Rejects
When You Were Young - The Killers
Wonder Woman Theme Song
I'll Tumble 4 Ya - Culture Club
Are You Gonna Be My Girl - JET
Somebody Told Me - The Killers
Fighter - Christina Aguilera
Wild Wild West - Escape Club
Whoop There it Is - Tag Team
Check Yes Juliet - We the Kings (awesome running song)
Nino Bomba - Plastilina Mosh
Push It - Salt n Pepa
Rockefeller Skank - Fat Boy Slim
Rasputin - Boney M
Here It Goes Again - Ok Go
Fame - Irene Cara
Wherever Whenever - Shakira
Fell In Love With a Girl - The White Stripes
Shake It - Metro Station
Canned Heat - Jamiroquai
Get the Party Started - Pink
Big Girl (You are Beautiful) - MIKA
I got It from My Momma - will.i.am
Rump Shaker - Wreckx-N-Effect
Higher Ground - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Do Your Thing - Basement Jaxx

These are some of the songs on my iPod that I listen to when I'm running:

Block Rockin Beats - Chemical Brothers
Bodies - Drowning Pool
Bounce - System of a Down
California Love - Tupac & Dr Dre
Crazy In Love - Beyonce
Cup of Life - Ricky Martin
Da Funk - Daft Punk
Days Go By - Dirty Vegas
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood - Santa Esmerelda
Don't Stop the Music - Rhianna
Dragula - Rob Zombie
Du Hast - Rammstein
F*** the Pain Away - Peaches
Fancy Footwork -Chromeo
Go! - Tones on Tail
Hella Good - No Doubt
Hey Ladies - Beastie Boys
Jump Around - House of Pain
Let's Go Crazy - Prince
Party Hard - Andrew W.K.
Party Up (Up In Here) - DMX
Psycho - Puddle of Mud
Pump It - Black Eyed Peas
Push It - Static X
Ratfinks, Suicide Tanks, and Cannibal Girls - White Zombie
Rock Is Dead - Marilyn Manson
Setting Sun - Chemical Brothers
SexyBack - Justin Timberlake
Song2 - Blur
SOS - Rhianna
Speedballin' - OutKast
Stealing Fat - The Dust Brothers
Weapon of Choice - Fatboy Slim
Welcome to the Jungle - Guns n' Roses

my workout playlist has;

glo- nelly furtado
going under- evanescence
like a boy -ciara
crawling - linkin park
bug a boo - destiny's child
wall to wall - chris brown
if i never see your face again - maroon 5
speakerphone - kylie minogue
dont stop the music = rihanna
say it right - nelly furtado
like me - girlishicous
the new workout plan - kayne west
until your over me - maroon 5
stronger - kayne west
do it - nelly furtado
feedback - janet jackson
nobody's perfect - hannah montana
homecoming -kayne west
beat it - michael jackson
upgrade u - beyonce
billie jean -michael j
losing grip - avril lavigne

I have any number of these songs on the mp3 at any given time.
Hippie Hippie Shake—Georgia Satellites
My Boyfriends Back
I'm Too Sexy—Right Said Fred
Maniac Monday—Bangles
Hey Baby—No Doubt
Dirty Little Minds—Jackyl
Walk This Way—Aerosmith
she f**king hates me—puddle of mud
Anoher One Bites The Dust—Queen (I love to have this one near the end of a 5k )
You Give Love a Bad Name—Bon Jovi
Talk Dirty To Me—Poison
Just Push Play—Aerosmith
Girl Just Want To Have Fun—Cindy Lauper
I Hate Myself for Loving You—Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
Funky Cold Medina—Tone Loc
Back in Black—AC/DC
Let's Get Rocked—Def Leppard
Lay Your Hands On Me—Bon Jovi
Big balls—AC/DC
Boom I F**ked Your Boyfriend—Salt n Pepa
Centerfold—J. Geils Band
Lose Yourself—Eminem
Love Shack—B-52's
girls girls girls—motley crue
Move This (Shake That Body)—Technotronic
My Hump—Black Eyed Peas
Once Bitten Twice Shy—Great White
Pour Some Sugar On Me—Def Leppard
Pump It—Black Eyed Peas
Rump Shaker—Wreckx-N-Effect
Sweet Child 0 Mine—Guns 'N' Roses
Talk Dirty To Me—Poison
Touch It—Monifah
Work It—Missy Elliott
We Will Rock You—Warrant
Old Time Rock and Roll—Bob Segar
Walk Like an Egyptian—The Bangles
Oh Mickey You're So Fine—Blondie
Physical—Olivia Newton John
Runaway—Bon Jovi
Take it on the run—Reo Speedwagon
Jump—Van Halen
Eye of the Tiger—Survivor
I'm a B*tch I'm a Lover—Alanis Morissette
Come on Eileen—Dexi's Midnight Runners
Karma Chameleon—Boy George
Conga—Gloria Estefan
Tootsie Roll—2 Live Crew
Let's Get Rocked—Def Leppard
Pump Up The Jam—Technotronic
Lay Your Hands On Me—Bon Jovi Bon Jovi


Can u tell I'm a child of the 80s?

Here's what I can think of off the top of my head...

Rehab - Amy Winehouse
Mercy - Duffy
Bodies - Drowning Pool
One - Metallica
Waiting on the World to Change - John Mayer
Low - Flo Rida/T-Pain
Apologize - One Republic
Billie Jean - David Cook
Beautiful Girls - Sean Kingston
Don't Matter - Akon
If Everyone Cared - Nickelback
Makes Me Wonder - Maroon 5
Party Like a Rockstar - Shop Boyz
This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race - Fall Out Boy
Glamorous - Fergie
Rockstar - Nickelback
Mad World - Gary Jules
Mercedes Benz - Janis Joplin
Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy) - Big & Rich
Stronger - Kanye West

My workout playlist is a bit eclectic, but all of the songs have a great beat that can't help but get me moving. It currently has:

I Don't Want to Be - Gavin DeGraw
Mr Brightside - The Killers
Sin Wagon - Dixie Chicks
I Don't Dance - High School Musical 2 Cast
1985 - Bowling for Soup
Hips Don't Lie - Shakira
Invincible - Pat Benatar
Somebody Told Me - The Killers
How Do You Like Me Now - Toby Keith
It's the end of the world as we know it (and I Feel Fine) - R.E.M.
How Far We've Come - Matchbox Twenty
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas / Heat Wave - Various Artists
Up Against The Wall - Patti Rothberg
Love Is A Battlefield - Pat Benatar
Devil Went Down to Georgia - Charile Daniels Band
in your room - Bangles
All Around The World Or The Myth Of Fingerprints - Paul Simon
Can You Forgive Her? - Pet Shop Boys
Rest In Peace - BtVS: The Musical
When You Were Young - The Killers
Ain't Going Down (Til The Sun Comes Up) - Garth Brooks
Stand - R.E.M.
Wild, Wild West - Escape Club
The Sweet Escape - Gwen Stefani
Evenflow - Pearl Jam
Barrel Of A Gun - Depeche Mode
Twisting By The Pool - Dire Straits

i have the Nike + Drive mixes on there. they are on average about 40-45 minutes each and were designed for runners in mind. they start of slow and then increase and the cool down again based on a techno-like beat. i find when i am running and listening to music i like to hit a rhythm and if my music beat is changing i'm always stumbling to keep in step with the beat. this way, i just run to the music!

Sadly I still live in the land of CDs and just started running on an elliptical daily...an iPod would make it so much easier to mix it up!

I've been too lazy to create a playlist for my Zune, but I'm going to have to get on the ball, listening to music while working out helps me zone. It's great. When I create a playlist I'll post it. I definitely see some good stuff to put in my playlist from this thread.